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The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Home is the new network perimeter
As workplace perimeters stretch and expand to encompass big portions of the workforce in their remote locations, circumstances have enhanced the seriousness with which we view home networks’ role as the last line of defense. The modem in the hall closet is now the network perimeter. We need a complete rethink of how to provide that structure with defense in depth.
Everything normal ended in March 2020, when workers who could work remotely, and students at almost all levels, were sent home in a mad dash to halt the spread of COVID-19 and relieve the pressure on overcrowded hospitals. Suddenly, we weren’t so much working from home as living at work. Many people struggled to find the new normal without a commute to the office. Demand for VPN access and multifactor authentication services surged. Chromebooks became rare commodities. Zoom went through about ten years’ worth of evolutionary growth in two months. And through it all, Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, and Google were releasing updates and maintenance patch releases for a multitude of platforms.
COVID-19 turned us all into our own IT departments, managing patches, security updates, and connectivity issues that kept us from getting into meetings or the kids from being able to attend a virtual classroom. Demand soared for headsets, microphones, better lighting, and security both on the network and the endpoint. And it meant giving even young kids a crash course in phishing, spam, online trolls, cyberbullying and malware disguised as a free copy of your favorite game, ready to play.
It hasn’t been easy, and we’re still not operating where we were in February 2020, but many people are finding the new normal might, in some ways, be an improvement. More offices have decided to continue allowing remote work even after lockdowns end and people could return to the workplace, which will have a significant benefit to both the environment and to people’s quality of life. As those workplace perimeters stretch and expand to encompass big portions of the workforce in their remote locations, circumstances have enhanced the seriousness with which we view home networks’ role as the last line of defense. The modem in the hall closet is now the network perimeter. We need a complete rethink of how to provide that structure with defense in depth.